Table 3.

ADRD Prevention Knowledge and Beliefs (N = 1661)

ADRD PREVENTION KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS	Respondents, N (%)
It is possible to reduce the risk of a person developing AD or others forms of dementia?
Strongly/somewhat agree	1207 (72.7)
Neither agree nor disagree	165 (9.9)
Strongly/somewhat disagree	158 (9.5)
No opinion	5 (0.3)
Don’t know/skipped	121 (7.3)
Confidence level that they could take action now to reduce risk of AD or other forms of dementia.
Very/moderately confident	1011 (60.9)
Not very/at all confident	516 (31.1)
Don’t know/skipped	134 (8.1)
Average person’s risk for developing AD or other forms of dementia in their lifetime.
0–10%	52 (3.1)
11–20%	183 (11.0)
21–30%	282 (17.0)
31–40%	246 (14.8)
41–50%	194 (11.7)
51–60%	241 (26.2)
61–70%	118 (7.1)
71–80%	98 (5.9)
81–90%	29 (1.7)
91–100%	12 (0.7)
Don’t know/skipped	206 (12.4)
How many cases of AD or other forms of dementia can be prevented?
0–10%	229 (13.8)
11–20%	216 (13.0)
21–30%	242 (14.6)
31–40%	147 (8.9)
41–50%	149 (9.0)
51–60%	145 (8.7)
61–70%	61 (3.7)
71–80%	50 (3.0)
81–90%	27 (1.6)
91–100%	13 (0.8)
Don’t know/skipped	382 (23.0)
At what age should people start to take action to reduce their risk of ADRD?
<18 years	226 (13.6)
19–29 years	208 (12.5)
30–39 years	255 (15.4)
40–49 years	251 (15.1)
50–59 years	227 (13.7)
60–69 years	70 (4.2)
70–79 years	9 (0.5)
≥80 years	3 (0.2)
Any age	321 (19.3)
Don’t know/skipped	91 (5.5)
What do you think a person can do to help reduce the risk of developing AD or other forms of dementia?
Exercise/stay active	1575 (94.8)
Healthy diet/nutrition	1506 (90.7)
Socialization	1476 (88.9)
Get adequate sleep	1424 (85.7)
Puzzles/brain games	1199 (72.2)
Quit smoking	1080 (65.0)
Moderate alcohol use	961 (57.9)
Relaxation	896 (53.9)
Meditation	874 (52.6)
Take appropriate medications	761 (45.8)

Note.

Abbreviation: ADRD, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias